Conan O'Brien announced a 30-city theater tour. Katie Stevens was one of the 12 to claim a place on "American Idol" last night. Everyone is all a-Twitter about Lady Gaga's new music video. Find this and more in today's Cube Candy.
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NORFOLK In the 43 years since its inception, Ocean View's St. Patrick's Day Parade has never had a black grand marshal. Until now. Vice Mayor Anthony L. Burfoot will be the first African American to head the parade at 10 Saturday morning.

NORFOLK A sign on the columned portico read "Making Dreams Come True," in case any of the performers or their parents weren't sure they were in the right place. It was late January, and the curtain was about to rise on the first auditions for a Hurrah Players musical in the group's new home.

Life can throw anyone a curve ball, but when faced with diminishing faculties or a physical disability, retaining or regaining the independence afforded by driving is a priority. Chris Dailey knows. "I was stabbed three times and then I was shot," said the Chesapeake resident, now a paraplegic who drives a vehicle with modifications.

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Howard Stern said Precious’s Gabourey Sidibe is "the most enormous, fat black chick I’ve ever seen." Nice. We have the new Eclipse trailer that is making tween girls giddy. Find this and more in today's Cube Candy. Page redirect: The link you clicked didn't take you to the page we intended it to take you. Please click here for the proper Web page. Thank you!

“PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE”

Blu-ray widescreen and DVD widescreen, 2009, R for child abuse including sexual assault and pervasive language

Best extra: “From Push to Precious,” a look at how the novel by Sapphire became a Golden Globe and an Oscar-winning movie

Girl Scout Cookies sold in Hampton Roads are safe.
The Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast wants to assure local cookie connoisseurs that no cookies sold in Hampton Roads are among those being replaced by the manufacturer because of quality issues.

By Carrie White
Correspondent
In Neil Friedman's beautiful Norfolk home is a room that makes his wife, Abby, roll her eyes.

VIRGINIA BEACH "The Nutty Betty" ($6) haunts me - in a good way. This peculiar sandwich of cream cheese blended with roasted nuts - pecans, almonds, walnuts, macadamias and hazels - topped with bacon and tomato on homemade raisin bread is something special. It is slightly sweet, yet savory with a rich nutty crunch. Oh, my!